plus, he *does* do incredible character developement. look at chasing amy. it is a brilliant film. yeah, there are fart jokes, etc., but that was the style of that trilogy (of five+ movies). chasing amy shows, however, that he can write compelling, serious dialog. that movie has made a lot of people cry (in a good way).
i think he could do it pretty well.
i just think that it would tank on TV. it would last maybe six episodes.